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Great Philosophers: Wittgenstein Professor Goldstein Fall 2006 Reference Works Books Articles Starting Points Core Resources for Philosophy Other Resources Tips & Further Help Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Works Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers. Ed. Stuart Brown et al. New York: Routledge, 1996. Reference R 921 B615 The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Ed. Robert Audi. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999. Reference R 103 C178 1999 A Companion to Epistemology. Ed. Jonathan Dancy and Ernest Sosa. Oxford: Blackwell Reference, 1992. Reference R 121 C737 A Descartes Dictionary. John Cottingham. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Reference, 1993. Reference R 194 D44c The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers. Ed. John Yolton et al. 2 vols. Sterling, VA: Thoemmes Press, 1999. Reference R 192 D554 A Dictionary of Philosophy. Thomas Mautner. Oxford: Blackwell Reference, 1996. Reference R 103 M459d Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Ed. Ruth Chadwick. 4 vols. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1998. Reference R 170.3 E561 Encyclopedia of Ethics. Ed. Lawrence C. Becker and Charlotte B. Becker. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2001. Reference R 170.3 E56 2001 Encyclopedia of Ethics. Ed. Susan Neiburg Terkel and Shannon Duval. New York: Facts on File, 1999. Reference R 170.3 E562 The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Paul Edwards. 8 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1967. Reference R 103 E56 Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Donald Borchert. 2nd ed. 10 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2006. Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Lindsay Jones. 2nd ed. 15 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2005. Reference R 203 E562 Historical Dictionary of Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy. Roger Ariew et al. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003. Reference R 194 D44ya Historical Dictionary of Wittgenstein's Philosophy. Duncan Richter. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2004. Reference R 193 W83yr A History of Western Ethics. Ed. Lawrence C. Becker. New York: Garland, 1992. Reference R 170.9 H673 A Locke Dictionary. John Yolton. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1993. Reference R 192 L81yy New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed. Maryanne Horowitz. 6 vols. Detroit, MI: Scribner's, 2005. Reference R 901.9 D554 2005 The Library also has a copy of the first edition, the Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Philip P. Wiener (5 vols.; New York: Scribner, 1973-1974), shelved in Reference at call number R 901.9 D554. New Catholic Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. 15 vols. Washington, DC: Catholic Univ., 2003. Reference R 282 C36n2 The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Ed. Ted Honderich. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Reference R 100 O98 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Mind. Ed. Richard L. Gregory. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004. Reference R 128.2 O98 2004 The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Simon Blackburn. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1994. Reference R 103 B628o Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward Craig. 10 vols. London: Routledge, 1998. Reference R 103 R869 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward N. Zalta. Stanford, CA: Metaphysics Research Lab, Center for the Study of Language and Information, 1995- . Wittgenstein: A Bibliographical Guide. Guido Frongia and Brian McGuinness. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1990. Reference R 016.19 W831g-T A Wittgenstein Dictionary. Hans-Johann Glock. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Reference, 1996. Reference R 192 W831g Books Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. Note: To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records. To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography. Search Syntax Truncation: use a dollar sign $. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan. Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Articles Starting Points | Core Resources for Philosophy | Other Resources Starting Points Academic Search Premier (1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. OmniFile Full Text Mega (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Core Resources for Philosophy Philosopher's Index (1940 to present) Indexes journal articles and books in philosophy and related fields. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Wildcard: use a question mark ?. JSTOR Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years. Search Syntax Truncation: use a plus sign +. Phrase searching: automatic. Humanities Abstracts (1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Other Resources ATLA Religion Database (1949 to present) Indexes journal articles and essays related to world religions, church history, and Biblical studies; also includes some book reviews. ATLA has a strong focus on Western religions. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Essay & General Literature Index Indexes essays published in books and edited collections. Covers the fields of art, economics, education, history, law, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, and religion, among others. Particularly strong in the humanities and social sciences. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Periodicals Index Online (c. 1665-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews on a broad range of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Project Muse Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Proquest Religion (1986 to present) Indexes articles from more than 90 religion periodicals. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Tips & Further Help How to Narrow or Broaden your Search How to Identify a Scholarly Article How to Find Book Reviews How to Search the Web: Tools & Tips How to Evaluate Web Resources Research Planner (pdf document) Research Log (pdf document)

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